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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Just a few moments ago, I was sitting outside in Oregon's relentless heat wave, chatting it up with Author and Passion In Portland organizer, AJ Harmon. Here it is, and here I am, in all my blurry wonder. I hope I will see some of you at the PiP event. Remember, although admission is free, you should register for special benefits. Please try to ignore our neighbour's manky looking camper.

Friday, June 19, 2015

It's been a few months of ups and downs. I lost my mom last month. It's an interesting dynamic, considering how many relationship issues I had with her--any of you who read the Tinna trilogy know this. I dealt with my issues in my fiction. I imagine I will somehow cope with my grief in the same way. It's weird to lose a parent you don't get along with. I find myself grieving the parent she *could* have been. How strange we are, we human creatures. :) I guess the idea that Fantasy is an escape from reality is kind of BS. I think there are lots of elements of the authors' lives intermingled with the fantastical creatures and five-mooned skies.

So what else is new? Well, lots. I've already posted my participation in a few events, but here's a refresher:The Passion in Portland Author Event -- September 15, 2015

You can find details HERE. General admission is FREE, but registration is required. So please click through and look at the ticket options. There are some 'buy-up' opportunities where you get a chance to get in early, get to stalk your favourite authors (like me!) and more.

Here is an interview of the Organizer, who explains the packages and also talks about the charity to which the event will be donating:

The Rose City Comic Con - September 19 - 20, 2015

This will be my first year at Rose City Comic Con, hopefully the first of many years! It's a local con and it seems like it's going to be great fun. I will be co-tabling with my friend and fellow author Shéa MacLeod [Website - Facebook - Twitter].She is my 'Wing-Chick" so to speak, and we have a good time together at events. Come and visit us!

Wizard World Comic Con Portland - February 19, 20 and 21 2016

This will be my fourth year attending, third year participating the Wizard World Comic Con Portland. Shéa and I will be present and accounted for with fine corner tables in the Artist's Alley. This year, I've drafted my Amazing Über Fan Jathia as my table helper. So be prepared for uninhibited enthusiasm and cuteness.

So... if you're in the Portland area during these times, come in and see me. I'm a schmoozer, I'll sign books and make bad jokes. It's what I do! See you soon, I hope. :D

Friday, February 13, 2015

First and foremost, Tinna's Reign; Book Three of the Trilogy of Tinna is available for download in eBook format. The hard-copy will follow soon. Along with the release of this book is a full redesign of the covers for the trilogy and I think all three are mighty bold and fun. Do you not agree?

So that's one project that's finally done. ::Oy:: It hasn't been easy to get my stuff together, I won't lie, but I've gotten a bit of a boot in the pants from this year's Wizard World Convention. I had such a great time, and met a couple of fans, and there's nothing better than that for validation, is there?

So I have other projects underway. Something post-apocalyptic, some of the ones I mentioned prior, and another alternate timeline, which will take time, because it requires some research. But I am working on stuff, this I promise you. :)

So download book three and enjoy the conclusion to this trilogy. Will there be another set of books in Oromoii? Who is to know? ::smile::

Thursday, July 17, 2014

It looks like I will be at the Wizard World Comic Con in Portland again in January. I'll be sharing a table with author Shéa MacLeod, whose website describes her books as 'urban fantasy scifi post-apocalyptic paranormal romance with a twist of steampunk.' What's not to like about that? We're both Oregonians, and we hang out with the same costuming people, so why not team up and present our work at the 2015 Portland 'Con? It's all very exciting. We will have candy and swag. So come and see us!

Next September both of us also will be attending the 'Passion in Portland' author signing event. I am especially excited about this event, because I get to meet so many new local(ish) authors. I hope I will see you there too! By then, I should hopefully have another release or two to promote.I'm working hard now that my baby has gotten a bit older to involve myself in more events to promote my books and get to know my readers, and I'm looking forward to meeting everyone. :) I will announce any other events I may be doing in the interim. Like the Passion in Portland page on FaceBook for more information, and like my new Facebook page (completely politics-free!) too! I'm always offering little giveaways to the followers on the page. Join me.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Join Miranda Mayer at the following events! Click the links for registration/admission/ticket information.

September 15, 2015 - Passion in Portland

Book signing and more

September 19-20 - Rose City Comic Con

Signing, sales & socializing

February 19, 20, 21 2016 - Wizard World Comic Con Portland

Signing, sales & socializing

Browse some of Miranda's

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The Wizard King, buy it now.

About The Wizard King

A quiet, sheltered, passive girl, Ynith never suspected that the awkward young man she encountered in the library was none other than the Crown Prince Arnsword. Nor would she expect that this baleful character would set his sights upon her as the singular object of his undying affection.

But what Ynith could never prepare herself for would be the cost of being loved by a man who is by all rights, evil. A powerful budding Wizard, Ynith’s beau is about to wreak havoc upon the world, and force Ynith to discover facets of herself that she finds terrifying, including dabbling in the magic she has deliberately avoided since childhood.

Must Ynith love this man or must she escape him to save herself, and ultimately, her world?

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Tinna's Promise; Buy it now.

About Tinna's Promise:

Tinna's Promise is a fantasy story of the darker kind; a touch of humour, a little pinch of the innappropriate, blended with a story of change and determination. Tinna made a promise, it's not a world-changing promise--she just wanted to follow through with something, to insure that a little boy, whose whole life has been rife with disappointment, would for once learn that adults are trustworthy.

Tinna is an outcast from her own country. She's an outcast pretty much everywhere, but finally, she's found a place for herself, and she's finally considering an end to her wandering. A good man is in the offering, the unadulterated love of a broken child and a community that is willing to include her as one of their own.

However, fate has something else in mind for Tinna. Carried away from the prospect of a simple life of comfort, and even love, Tinna is thrown into the middle a one-sided war where dragons are attacking humankind. Suddenly the resolution becomes her responsibility alone.

What must Tinna do to find her way back to the life she has traveled so hard to find? And what must she endure to fulfill that one, simple promise to a hurt little boy?

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Tinna's Might

About Tinna's Might:

It's nearly twenty years after the events that took place in Tinna's Promise; and the human population is still floundering; decimated by the dragons and their inexplicable attacks. After the sudden retreat, the humans of Oromoii are left to salvage what little remains of their world.

Southwards, sensing a power vacuum, the Thran, Tinna's own people who she fled from so many years ago, are stirring. Despite the fact that the Throne of Oromoii still exists, it remains weak and ineffectual. The Thran see opportunity; their vast military is being prepared for the possibility of an invasion.

Tinna is poised to become leader of Thamatoc. She has had a daughter; and Taneth is working to help rebuild some of the institutions that have been taken from them from the catastrophic dragon burnings. Life is quite peaceful.

..until Na-AiSerral arrives.

She comes to Thamatoc with a cortege of Thran she-warriors and a heart full of ill-intentions. Tinna, who has faced a dragons, wars and murders without batting an eyelash, knows she truly has something to fear in this woman.

She is Tinna's mother.

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Tinna's Reign; Coming 2014

About Tinna's Reign:

The final book in the the Tinna trilogy; Tinna's Reign is currently being written and in its earliest stages. Keep an eye out on Miranda Mayer's website and blog for an approximate release date.

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Blackroot

About Blackroot:

The Blackroot Murderer is the only criminal ever to elude Renath. Six years of dogged hunting have cost Renath his marriage and any semblance of normalcy in his life. The years of being immersed in the Blackroot crimes have twisted his perception of the murderer. When Renath's relentless search leads him into the murderer’s disturbing past, he finds himself closer to her than he was ever prepared to be.